b.Then righ-click the eclipse tar.gz and choose the extract here option to extract the tar.gz package.You can also use the command line to extract the tar.gz package.
# tar xzf eclipse-cpp-juno-linux-gtk.tar.gz
c.Move the extracted eclipse in the /opt/ folder.Before running the below commmand be sure that you are in the directory which contains extracted eclipse folder.
# mv eclipse /opt/
Use sudo if the above command gives permission denied message.
# sudo mv eclipse /opt/
d.Create a desktop file and place it into
/usr/share/applications
# sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
and copy the following to the eclipse.desktop file
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[Desktop Entry] Name=Eclipse Type=Application Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse Terminal=false Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm Comment=Integrated Development Environment NoDisplay=false Categories=Development;IDE Name[en]=eclipse.desktop
e. Create a symlink in /usr/local/bin using
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# cd /usr/local/bin # sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse
f. Now its the time to launch eclipse.
# /opt/eclipse/eclipse -clean &